Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.0.1 Severity: normal
Since the 1.16.0 update dpkg outputs a ton of new warning messages for each run (multiple times for one apt-get dist-upgrade). Example: aurora:~# dpkg -l dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 301 package 'libmimelib1': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 317 package 'libgal19': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 1120 package 'gimp1.2': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 2659 package 'mesag3+ggi': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 3515 package 'libmagick5.5.7': missing architecture dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 3537 package 'libmagick5.5.4': missing architecture ... (all together around 600 more lines of output) These seem all to only affect packages long removed, but not purged. This system has been installed years ago using something pre-woody, and since then keept uptoday with unstable, and moved from one physical machine to the next without a reinstall. When aurora:~# dpkg -i ...something.deb ...the same "missing architecture" warnings as above, in addition: dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 33441 package 'am-utils': 'Replaces' field, reference to 'amd': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 33444 package 'am-utils': 'Conflicts' field, reference to 'amd': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 99587 package 'wmnetselect': 'Suggests' field, reference to 'mozilla': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 115332 package 'tac-plus': error in Version string 'F4.0.4.alpha-10': version number does not start with digit dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 189000 package 'epic4-script-thirdeye': 'Depends' field, reference to 'epic4': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 223197 package 'cnews': error in Version string 'cr.g7-31': version number does not start with digit dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 282794 package 'request-tracker1': 'Conflicts' field, reference to 'rt': error in version: version number does not start with digit dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 300193 package 'epic4': 'Conflicts' field, reference to 'epic4-help': error in version: version number does not start with digit (Reading database ... 284590 files and directories currently installed.) -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-sdinet2-aurora (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 8.5-1 GNU core utilities ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libselinux1 2.0.98-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.8.13.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
